<p>I was just wondering who else on CC applied to the Waye State MedStart program this year. I thought that we could have a plave to talk about the program here.</p>
<p>I recieved the email saying my application was complete and to sign up for Scholars Day on the 13th. I am so excited to hear if I got into the top 50.</p>
<p>I applied to the MedStart as well and received the same email as you did. I am so nervous! Do you know how many people applied?</p>
<p>i am a juinior looking into this program. what were your stats?</p>
<p>shortie-i know i am so nervous, too! i just want to know now. i don’t know how many applied, but it would be cool to know. do you know when we will find out if we get into the top 50 for the first group interview?</p>
<p>jayjay- what do you want to know?</p>
<p>hey guys, just wanted to say that Wayne MedStart is great! I live across the border from Detroit, so I am Canadian. I will apply next year though. Good luck to all of you. And a tip, Wayne loves the fact that they work in an area that is so underprivileged, very diverse, and different that other cities. </p>
<p>Just a tip, I read that on SDN, so if they ask you in an interview about why you choose MedStart you could use that as part of your answer. They (Wayne) are proud that they serve such a community. Good luck!</p>
<p>sorry, double posted, so i just edited this one to something else…</p>
<p>Alright, thanks ViggyRam! Good luck next year!</p>
<p>I just recieved an email saying that I made it into the top 50! Did anyone else get in?
I am extremely excited, but now I am nervous about the interview.</p>
<p>Me too! See you on the 13th!</p>
<p>You also get a full scholarship too, right? For MedStart…if you are a US citizen/permanent resident. Just another advantage of the program</p>
<p>“The School of Medicine ranked 22nd among the nation’s 125 medical schools, according to the National Science Foundation. Wayne State University School of Medicine does not participate in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.” —>Another bonus, most people don’t realize how highly ranked Wayne truly is. num.22 is probably higher than most of the schools people look to as being “amazing”</p>
<p>Is Wayne State a 7 year program? Do they tale AP credits to lessen the load?</p>
<p>satacer-No. It is an 8 year program. It is just guarantees your spot in their med school. Wayne States does accept AP credits, but MedStart won’t let you graduate undergrad in less than 4 years.</p>
<p>it’s guaranteed if you meet requirements (at least 9 on each MCAT section, and some GPA requirements, nothing hard to do though…i think they need a GPA of at least 3.3 in sci. courses and 3.0 overall or the other way around.)</p>
<p>EDIT:KutlessRock, what kind of medical related ECs and such do you have? Just wanna know what I should be doing/trying to do for next yr when I apply. You can PM me if you wanna. tnx</p>
<p>Well in terms of medically related EC’s, I volunteered at a local hospital for the last year, shadowed various doctors, and observed surgery. I also have non-medically related EC’s and various awards at different levels. I also have my soccer referee and lifeguard certifications. Is that the type of stuff you wanted to know? If you want some more in depth info, look over my old posts(especially the chance threads). If you have any more questions just let me know. :)</p>
<p>quick question, do you know if there are any Canadians in the top 50? And yea, saw your chance thread when I looked up your older posts. Your PSAT is very close to mine (183 for me). But I have around 2100 SAT after prepping a tiny bit (your ACT is awesome though). Does MedStart actually care about sports, etc.? I play varsity baseball (started every year so far of hs), travel baseball (check out how hectic this schedule is from May onwards…[Windsor</a> Selects 17U - PBLO 2009/2010 Schedule](<a href=“Windsor Selects 17U - PBLO Fall 2012 Schedule”>Windsor Selects 17U - PBLO Fall 2012 Schedule)), and I ref ice hockey, and umpire baseball, and coach baseball (borther’s travel team) and such. But, idk if this is all a waste when it comes to a program like MedStart. I say this because, no offence to anyone, but I was looking at some pics/a pwrpoint on it and almost everyone was asian (I’m Indian, so not saying asians don’t play sports), but I doubt the majority did. So, is MedStart mostly just marks/stats? Or will sports give me an advantage.</p>
<p>Oh and I played ice hockey on the varsity team freshman yr.,but quit halfway through the season (no one needs to know that though lol).</p>
<p>EDIT: btw, I think you have an awesome chance of getting in. I need to shadow physicians, gotta find out if that’s allowed in Canada or not. SOme ppl were telling me that its not, but we’ll see. And how long was your resume/narrative for the application? Seems like fitting all those ECs would take a while.</p>
<p>I have no idea if the sports will help. I know they won’t be considered a replacement or come anywhere near the importance of medically related EC’s though. They will probably consider them (since they are definately a time commitment) but I don’t think they are a really big bonus. I know that at least a few of the current MedStart students played on some varsity sports (especially tennis). I play competitive soccer, so I put that in my app.</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw that most were Asian, too. I really think that it isn’t mostly stats, but there is definitely an importance on showing that you are dedicated to medicine. I really should have spent more time with my resume/narrative. It ended up being 3 or 4 pages, but I really could have expanded on things a bit more. I don’t want to look, but I also bet that there were smaller things that I forgot to put on. Luckly in my AP Calc class after the AP test did a resume project which has proven to be extremely useful to giving out to recommenders, filling out college apps, scholarships, etc. So I mostly went from that and a list I have kept throughout high school (which I honestly can say I wasn’t as dilligant to filling out as I should have been).</p>
<p>If you can’t shadow doctors for legal reasons, than you can stress that in your app. You should definately try to volunteer at a hospital or something of the like. Pretty much all applicants will have something like this on their apps, so to even be competitive this is a minimum. Is it necessary? Definately not, but you need other good medically related EC’s or research to fill in the gaps.</p>
<p>thanks for the info. How many people apply each year, on average? I know they accept <=15 people, so its def. competitive, but idk how many people apply. </p>
<p>And a related question, all of you applying seem like unbelievable, unique candidates. Why Wayne State? I mean, sure Wayne State for undergrad would be great too, but for Med School, I think everyone that is a top 50 candidate would be primed and ready for a solid undergrad career and be competitive for top med schools too. Is MedStart binding? If not, then I understand your decision. If it is binding, then idk…</p>
<p>Well, Wayne State has a really good med school, for one thing. A big draw is that it isn’t binding. They don’t make that clear on their website, but I went to an information session and they made it clear that it was non binding. Just about everyone applies out, but they still have that spot reserved for them at Wayne State’s medical school if they keep up the requirements. </p>
<p>I think the email said that about 300 applied this year. Then the 50 are invited to Scholars Day for a group interview and the top 30 are invited for one-on-one interviews at the Medical School. Then of course the top 15 are picked.</p>
<p>Another thing that you might want to look into is MedStart has 2 positions each at both Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech. I was going to apply to these (they are lesser known and still guarentees a spot at Wayne State Med school), but they are both in the U.P. and even with the chances for full rides, I really didn’t want to go to either of those schools. I would have rather gone the traditional route.</p>
<p>ah, kk. So, the non-binding factor is a HUGE draw. You’d think they’d make that very clear on their site to draw more people (not that I’m complaining lol). But, yea, I’d rather do the combined program at Wayne, since applying from Wayne to other uni’s would be better since it is better known.</p>
<p>So, how many of these applicants (300 or so) are truly competitive? Like, out of the initial 300 how many, would you guess, would be “joke” applicants or people that did it for the hell of it? And how tough would it really be to get into the top 50? Do you just need decent stats (ie. 2100+ SAT, 700+ SAT II, and good ECs/med experience) or would you need to be a “superstar” (ie. 2200+ SAT 750+ SAT II, unreal ECs/med exp.)?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I honestly have no idea about those questions. I would imagine that getting into the top 50 isn’t hard as long as you have decent stats, but the “superstar” stuff probably plays more of a role in the top 30 and final 15. The stats they email out to us had pretty good mean test scores and GPA, so it’s not a total joke, but as long as you’re applied and have shown an interest in medicine it shouldn’t be anywhere near impossible.</p>